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MATOAKS — MATTAKESET 



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in 1885. — Boas in Bull. Am. Geog. Soc, 

 230, 1887. 



Matoaks. See Pocahontas. 



Matomkin. A village of the Powhatan 

 confederacy, still exit^ting in 1722, about 

 Metonikin inlet in Accomack co., Va. 

 Not long before this time it had much de- 

 creased in population owing to an epi- 

 demic of smallpox. 



Matampken. — Herrman map (1670) in Maps to 

 Accompany the Rep. of the Comr's on the 

 B'nd'ry Bet. Va. and Md., 1873 (Great and Little 

 Matampken marked ) . Matomkin. — Beverley, Vir- 

 ginia, 199, 17'22. 



Matonumanke ('bear'). A Mandan 

 band. 



Bear. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 158, 1877. Mato-Mihte. — 

 Maximilian, Trav., 335, 18^3. Ma-to'-no-make. — 

 Morgan, op. eit. Mato-Numangkake. — Maximil- 

 ian, op. eit. Ma-to' nu-man'-ke. — Dorsey in 15th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 241, 1897. 



Matora. An unidentified tribe placed 

 by Marquette (Shea, Discov. Miss. Val., 

 268, 1852) , on his map of 1678, w. of the 

 Mississippi, about the w. border of Ar- 

 kansas. 



Matsaki ('salt city,' because the Zuni 

 Goddess of Salt is said to have made a 

 white lake there). A ruined pueblo of 

 the Zuni near the x. w. base of Thunder 

 mt., 3 m. E. of Zuili pueblo, Valencia co., 

 N. Mex. It was the Mai;aque of Casta- 

 fieda's narrative of Coronado's expedition 

 in 1540-42, hence formed one of the Seven 

 Cities of Cibola. It was occupied until 

 the beginning of the Pueblo revolt of Aug. , 

 1680, when it was permanently aban- 

 doned, the inhabitants fleeing with the 

 other Zuiii to the summit of the adjacent 

 Thunder mtn. , there remaining for several 

 years. Duringthemission period Matsaki 

 was a visita of Halona. See INIindeleff in 

 8th Rep. B. A. E., 86, 1891, and the writers 

 cited below. (f. w. h. ) 



Macaque,— Castaneda (1596) in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 

 517, 1896. Mafaqui. — Bandelier in Mag. West. 

 Hist., 669, Sept. 1886. Macaqui.— Oiiate (1598) in 

 Doc. In(5d., XVI, 133, 1871. Macaquia. — Bande- 

 lier in Arch. Inst. Papers, iv, 337, 1892 (mis- 

 quoting Oiiate, op. eit.). Masagiiia. — I)e I'lsle, 

 Atlas Nouveau, map 60, 1733. Masaquia. — De 

 I'Isle, Carte Mexique et Floride, 1703. Masiki. — 

 Peet in Am. Antiq., xvii, 352, 1895. Ma-tsa-ki.— 

 Gushing in Century Mag., 38, 1883 (Zuiii name). 

 Mat-sa-ki. — Gushing in Millstone, ix, 55, Apr. 1884 

 (Zuni name). Matsiiki, — ten Kate, Reizen in 

 N. A., 290, 1885 (misquoting early Spanish form). 

 Uatza-ki. — Bandelier in Mag. West. Hist., 669, 

 Sept. 1886. Ma-tza Ki. — Bandelier in .\reh. Inst. 

 Papers, ni, 133, 1890. Ma-tza-qui.— Bandelier in 

 Rey\ie d'Ethnographie, 201, 1886. Matzaqui. — 

 Ibid., 208. Mazaquia.— Vetancurt (1693), Teatro 

 Mex., ni, 320, 1871. Mazquia.— Bancroft, Ariz, 

 and X. Mex., 173, 1889 (misquoting Vetancurt). 

 Mazuqui. — Bandelier quoted by Gushing in Mill- 

 stone, I.x, 55, Apr. 1884. Mozaqui.— Gushing in 

 Gompte-rendu Internat. Cong. Am., vii, 156, 1890. 

 Muzaque. — Castaiieda (1596) in Ternaux-Com- 

 pans, Voy., ix, 163, 1838. Muzaqui.— Cushing in 

 Compte-rendu Internat. Cong. Am., vii, 156, 1890 

 (misquoting Castafieda). Salt City. — Gushing, 

 Zuni Folk Tales, I, 32, 1901. 



Matsnikth {Muts-nik'g.^). A former vil- 

 lage of the Siuslaw on Siuslaw r., Oreg. — 

 Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, iii, 230, 

 1890. 



Matsqui {Md'qQui), A Cowichan tribe 

 on Fra.ser r. and Sumass lake, Brit. Col. 

 Their villages are Mamakume and Koko- 

 aeuk. Pop. 44 in 1904. 



Ma'fQui.— Boas in 64th Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 454, 

 1894. Maisqui.— Brit. Col. map, Ind. Alf., Victoria, 

 1872. Mamskey. — Custer quoted by Gatschet, 

 notes, B. A. E. Matsqui.— Can. Ind. Aff. for 1901, 

 pt. II, 158. 



Mattabesec (from massa-sepues-et, 'at a 

 [relatively] great rivulet or brook.' — 

 Trumbull). An imjiortant Algonquian 

 tribe of Connecticut, formerly occupying 

 both banks of Connecticut r. from AVeth- 

 ersfield to Middletown or to the coast and 

 extending westward indefinitely. The 

 Wongunk, Pyquaug, and Montowese In- 

 dians were a part of this tribe. According 

 to Rnttenber they were a jiart of the Wap- 

 pinger, and perhaps occupied the original 

 territory from which colonies went out to 

 overrun the country as far as Hudson r. 

 The same author says their jurisdiction 

 extended over all s. w. Connecticut, in- 

 cluding the IVIahackeno, Uncowa, Pau- 

 gusset, Wepawaug, Quinnipiac, Monto- 

 wese, Sukiang, and Tunxis. (,i. m. ) 

 Matabesec— Kendall, Trav., I, 92, 1809. Matabe- 

 zeke. — Doc. of 1646 i-ited by Trumbull, Ind. Names 

 Conn., 26, 1881. Matebeseck.— Writer (ea. 1642) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d s., in, 161, 1833. Mato- 

 wepesack.— Uneas deed ( 1665) cited by Trumbull, 

 Ind. Names Conn., 26, 1881. Mattabeeset.— Stiles 

 (1761) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., x, 105, 1809. 

 Mattabeseck. — Record (1646) quoted by Trumbull, 

 Conn., I, 510, 1818. Mattabesett.— Ind. deed (1673) 

 cited by Trumbull, Ind. Names Conn., 26, 1881. 

 Mattabesicke.— Havnes (1643) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., 4th s.,Yl, 355,1863. Mattapeaset.— Doc.of 1657 

 cited by Trumbull, Ind. Names Conn., 26, 1S81. 

 Mattebeseck.— Hoyt, Antiq. Res., 54, 1824. Se- 

 queen.— Doc. of 1633 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ii, 

 140, 1858 (title of chief). Sequins.— De Laet (1640) 

 in N. Y. Hist. Soc. Coll., 2d s., i, 295, 1841. Se- 

 qvins.— Dutch map (1616) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 1, 1856. 



Mattabesec. The principal village of the 

 Mattabesec, the residence of Sowheag, 

 their head chief. It occupied the site of 

 iMidilletown, C'onn. 

 Mattabesett.— Field, Middlesex Co., 34, 1819. 



Mattacock. A village of the Powhatan 

 confederacy, in 1608, on the x. bank of 

 York r., in Gloucester co., Va. — Smith 

 (1629), Virginia, i, map, repr. 1819. 



Mattacunt. A village of the Powhatan 

 confederacy, in 1608, on the s. side of 

 Potomac r., in King George co., Va. — 

 Smith (1629), Virginia, i, map, repr. 1819. 



Mattakeset. A village in e. Massachu- 

 setts, about the site of Yarmouth, Barn- 

 stable CO. It is said to have been subject 

 to the Wampanoag, but was in Nauset 

 territory. It is mentioned in 1621, and 

 in 1685 was still in existence, with a popu- 

 lation of 70 Indians exceeding 12 years of 

 age. (j. M. ) 



Matakees.— Gookin ( 1674) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 1st s. ,1,148, 1806. Matakeeset.— ,\rn(ild and Mor- 

 ton (1683), ibid., 4th s., v. m'>, ISOI. Matakeesit.— 

 Barber, Hist. Coll., 517, 1839. Mattacheese.— Mass. 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., Ill, 15, 1794. Mattacheeset— 

 Ibid. Mattacheest.— Ibid. Mattaehiest.— Mourt 

 (1622) quoted by Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 2, 16, 1848. 

 Mattachist— Dee in Smith (1629), Virginia, ii. 233, 



